Wellhill Cistern
Location type
PlaceName and dates
Wellhill CisternOpened on the Fauldhouse Moor Branch (William Dixon Ltd).
Description
This cistern was located on the south side of the Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway at Wellhill, directly east of East Badallan. A flooded drain, engine well, was used as the source of water for locomotives. The source was unclean, introducing solids into the locomotives.
William Hurst inspected the site when the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was absorbed by the North British Railway.
This was later the site of the junction for the Fauldhouse Moor Branch (William Dixon Ltd).
| Nearby stations Fauldhouse Fauldhouse and Crofthead Headlesscross Longridge [1st] Breich Longridge [2nd] Blackhall Shotts Bents Wilsontown Foulshiels Haywood Whitburn Hartwood Westcraigs | East Badallan Colliery Fauldhouse No 1 Colliery Iron Mine Braehead Quarry Fauldhouse Goods Iron Mine Westallan Colliery Fauldhouse Viaduct Fauldhousehills Sandstone Quarry Iron Mine Fallahill Quarry Benhar Branch Junction Pit Braehead Colliery Pit No 1 Coal Pit |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
